[QUOTE=FL370esq;2421532]Probably not a true rumor. There is a famous (infamous?) tax case from 1929 (Old Colony Trust) that still holds true today. When a third party (Delta) pays a person's income tax on his behalf, the payment is income that is taxable to the employee.[/QUOTe

Idk abt who paid what. What i do know is alpa told the flight instructors to get lost when it became apparent the GA board of revenue was mounting an investigation.

The official finding stated sumthing like...there was no greater issue at stake for delta pilots, so wer not going to get involved.

Privately, i was informed...you *******s in the training department arent really alpa pilots.

All that changed at some point and alpa spared no expense hiring AA accounting to negotiate settlement wth GA.

Im sure it had nothing to do with the revalation the mec chair was claiming a FL residience.....wth a house, wife, and kids in GA.